Watch it wiggle, see it freak out your party guests
Browsing through our archives for cool Halloween ideas, I came across this old link to a post highlighting a recipe for super spooky eyeball Jell-O shots. Non-alcoholic for the kids, of course. Poking around the site, turns out there's a ton more great ideas for...
Volcom, Yo Gabba Gabba and Jack Black = skate culture awesomesauce
Volcom is my kids' absolute obsession around these parts. They're hardcore skateboarders, and Volcom represents everything that is awesome about skater culture. One of my sons insists on only wearing shirts emblazoned with their logo. He has two, and if they're dirty?...
We’ve got the buzz on a sweet new line by Burt’s Bees
We're used to slathering our babies in products from Burt's Bees, but now you can dress your baby in them, too. Sweet![Don't miss a great giveaway and discount code after the jump!] The new Burt's Bees Baby line includes a complete layette in sizes preemie...
5 tech picks you won’t want to miss this week
From saving your gadgets to saving your sanity, here are a few of our favorite picks from the past week, just in case you missed them. 1. Our very favorite developer is back with a brilliant new kids' app that rocks. Literally. 2. If you need a good laugh, we've...
A free family-savvy tour guide, at your service (LAX, we’re starting with you)
I love finding the best activities and spots to check out in my city. When a site does all of the legwork and offers me a list of proposed activities to check out each week, what's not to love? That's why I'm digging the new site The Family Savvy. An evolution of...
32 Ways to Dress a Fox? Is that a personal challenge?
I'm smitten with kittens--of the fox and rabbit variety. And piglets, too. If you like open-ended, simple, beautiful activity books that leave plenty of room for imagination and fun, then you'll want to buy all three. That's a total of 96 outfits, by the way....
Show Me a Story: low on tech, high on terrific
When my kids were really young, they loved to tell me long, adorably nonsensical stories about just about anything that crossed their minds. Now that they're a bit older, I miss their elaborate tales. These days, it's easy for tech-savvy kids to lose themselves in...
Trend alert: supercool military jackets for boys
With a husband in the Air Force Reserves, the hot military trend is one of my favorites--not to mention it's pretty easy getting a jacket on a finicky boy when you tell him he'll be just like Daddy. In my search for the perfect winter coat for my son, I found some...
Bowled over: vintage bowling lanes get new life as kids’ furniture
Every now and then I spot kids' furniture that makes me wish I had a little expendable income, and that's exactly how I feel about these amazing pieces from CounterEvolution. Table Tots are quite possibly the coolest kids' table sets I've ever seen. And...
DIY Crafts meets toys meets awesome
One of my son's favorite activities is creating DIY roads and parking garages for his collection of Matchbox cars. So when I saw this super easy tutorial, I thought it would be a cool way to take his imaginative play to the next level. These DIY chalkboard city...